Additional fees may apply to your monthly invoice if you connect your own carrier accounts to ShipStation or otherwise ship with your own negotiated carrier rates (rather than ShipStation’s pre-negotiated rates). These fees vary based on your subscription plan and geographic region.
See our article about how to change your ShipStation Subscription Plan.
Signed up on or after July 9, 2025?
If you signed up for ShipStation on or after July 9, 2025, visit Learn About ShipStation Subscription Plans to learn more about your subscription plan.
This article provides details on which fees apply by region and plan type:
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 US, CA, UK, AU accounts:
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Subscription plans incur a monthly fee for the Your Carriers add-on, which allows you to connect and ship with your own carrier accounts.
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High Volume plans incur a per-shipment fee when shipping with your own carrier accounts, fulfillment providers, or accounts with negotiated rate contracts..
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🇳🇿 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 All other region accounts:
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All shipments you create with your own carrier accounts or fulfillment providers incur a per-shipment fee. The fee varies depending on which plan your account is on at the time of shipment.
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Review the relevant sections below for detailed information.
To connect your own carrier accounts, enable the Your Carriers add-on, unless you’re on the High Volume plan, where it’s included by default. The Your Carriers add-on will have a monthly fee specific to the plan your account is on.
Add-On Fees Apply to Legacy Plans Only
If you signed up for ShipStation after July 9, 2025,
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If you moved from a Legacy plan to our Standard or Premium plans, there is no additional fee to use your own carriers.
On Starter or higher plans, you are charged only the monthly add-on fee. You are not charged any per-shipment fees. Shipping with ShipStation Carriers does not require the Your Carriers add-on.
This table describes those monthly fees for Legacy plans:
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Legacy Plan |
Monthly Fee |
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Starter (up to 50 shipments/mo) |
$5/month |
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Growth - Bronze (up to 500 shipments/mo) |
$20/month |
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Growth - Silver (up to 1,000 shipments/mo) |
$30/month |
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Scale - Gold (up to 2,000 shipments/mo) |
$40/month |
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Scale - Platinum (up to 5,000 shipments/mo) |
$60/month |
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Scale - Enterprise (up to 7,500 shipments/mo) |
$95/month |
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High Volume (unlimited shipments) |
Based on usage |
For accounts on High-Volume plans, the ability to add your own carriers is included, so there is no additional monthly fee.
Each shipment you create with your own carrier accounts or with your own negotiated carrier rates (rather than ShipStation’s pre-negotiated rates) incurs a per-shipment fee. A "shipment" includes any label, fulfillment, or order marked as shipped.
If you use a Stamps.com account with a United States Postal Service (USPS) Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA), any USPS shipment created using the rates from your USPS NSA, in this case, will be subject to the per-shipment fee.
If you are unsure if your Stamps.com account is an NSA account, please contact our support team for assistance.
For accounts based in New Zealand, France, or Germany, each shipment you create that does not use ShipStation Carriers will incur a fee that will be billed to your monthly invoice. A "shipment" includes any label, fulfillment, or order marked as shipped.
The fee differs depending on which plan your account is on. Shipments that use a ShipStation Carrier service are exempt from the per-shipment fee.